Cheryl and Daniel's Adoption Fund
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Daniel and I met in the Fall of 2009 and we were married on April 23, 2011. We spent the first year of our marriage focusing on our new life together as husband and wife. After a year, we decided to start trying to have a baby. We were both so excited at the idea of becoming parents! One year of trying went by and we still weren’t pregnant. After visiting the doctor and doing some tests, I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). For over two years we worked with a fertility specialist undergoing various treatments which never resulted in a pregnancy. Our doctor was unable to determine why the treatments never worked even though I had responded great to the medications. He said the two choices left for us was doing IVF, with a low probable success rate, or we could pursue adoption.
Daniel and I weren’t sure what to do. We had used up all of our savings on two years of fertility treatments already and we weren’t sure what the Lord’s plan was for us. All we knew was that we wanted to be parents with all our hearts. A few months later, we experienced a miracle! I was pregnant! Unfortunately our joy was quickly replaced with sorrow when I miscarried at 5 weeks. It broke our hearts. Hoping that we would become pregnant again, we kept trying. My PCOS symptoms seemed to get worse after the miscarriage and I started to lose hope.
During this time, Daniel started to pray about adoption. He had started to read about adoption in the news and online articles. It started to weigh on his heart that we could possibly become parents this way. Daniel brought up the idea of adoption to me but I wasn’t willing to consider it at first. At that time, I felt that if I could not give birth to a child, that I had failed as a woman, wife, and mother. Daniel continued to pray for direction for us and the desire to adopt kept growing in his heart.
One evening, we watched a movie called October Baby. By the end of the movie I found myself sobbing. Could I love a child that I did not give birth to? I started praying fervently and also found myself reading blogs and books about adoption. I found my heart changing and realized that giving birth doesn’t make me a mother. Through adoption, we could truly become the parents that we have longed to be for so long. Loving and caring for a precious child is what will make us a family.
Daniel and I started researching the adoption process together. We learned that it was going to be a long and expensive journey. Daniel felt strongly for adopting a newborn in the United States and I agreed. We chose domestic infant adoption and spent a lot of time interviewing different agencies. We wanted to make the best choice possible and that required taking a lot of time to weigh out all the options. We chose to go with a Christian non-profit agency, Embraced by Grace. They have helped us begin the process for the adoption. We continually pray and wait for when we finally become matched and are able to bring our precious baby home.
Please consider helping us financially with the adoption. We are saving our money as well as doing fundraising. A donation of any amount will help fulfill our desire to be parents.
Also subscribe to this page so you can get updates on our journey!
Daniel and I weren’t sure what to do. We had used up all of our savings on two years of fertility treatments already and we weren’t sure what the Lord’s plan was for us. All we knew was that we wanted to be parents with all our hearts. A few months later, we experienced a miracle! I was pregnant! Unfortunately our joy was quickly replaced with sorrow when I miscarried at 5 weeks. It broke our hearts. Hoping that we would become pregnant again, we kept trying. My PCOS symptoms seemed to get worse after the miscarriage and I started to lose hope.
During this time, Daniel started to pray about adoption. He had started to read about adoption in the news and online articles. It started to weigh on his heart that we could possibly become parents this way. Daniel brought up the idea of adoption to me but I wasn’t willing to consider it at first. At that time, I felt that if I could not give birth to a child, that I had failed as a woman, wife, and mother. Daniel continued to pray for direction for us and the desire to adopt kept growing in his heart.
One evening, we watched a movie called October Baby. By the end of the movie I found myself sobbing. Could I love a child that I did not give birth to? I started praying fervently and also found myself reading blogs and books about adoption. I found my heart changing and realized that giving birth doesn’t make me a mother. Through adoption, we could truly become the parents that we have longed to be for so long. Loving and caring for a precious child is what will make us a family.
Daniel and I started researching the adoption process together. We learned that it was going to be a long and expensive journey. Daniel felt strongly for adopting a newborn in the United States and I agreed. We chose domestic infant adoption and spent a lot of time interviewing different agencies. We wanted to make the best choice possible and that required taking a lot of time to weigh out all the options. We chose to go with a Christian non-profit agency, Embraced by Grace. They have helped us begin the process for the adoption. We continually pray and wait for when we finally become matched and are able to bring our precious baby home.
Please consider helping us financially with the adoption. We are saving our money as well as doing fundraising. A donation of any amount will help fulfill our desire to be parents.
Also subscribe to this page so you can get updates on our journey!
Organizer
Cheryl Kaplan
Organizer
Wesley Chapel, FL